Frank Pilato
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Frank Pilato Francesco Paolo Pilato | |
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Born | Florence, Italy | December 4, 1982
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Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | * Sony * |
Website | http://www.frankpilato.com |
Frank Pilato (born December 4, 1982) is a composer, guitarist and clarinettist based in Florence, Italy.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Frank Pilato (born December 4, 1982) is a composer, guitarist and clarinettist based in Florence, Italy.
He grew up on the hills of the flourishing Tuscany and he found out his passion for music since the beginning of his childhood. At the age of 21 he left Italy to live abroad, especially in Spain, where his roots were established.
In 2008, he moved to Hollywood to attend the guitar program at the Musician Institute (MI), after having the Berklee Summer School scholarship.
In 2010, he graduated in composition at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany and then He graduated in Jazz Guitar at the Conservatory Ottorino Respighi in Latina.
Career[]
At 29, he replaced Allan Holdsworth in "STORIES" trilogy of Maestro Andrea Marcelli.
He represented Italy at the 2015 Berlin Jazz Festival: The most important Jazz festivals in the world.
His last work, "SPETTRI" is produced from "Regione Toscana" in collaboration with "Toscana 100 bands".
Works in studio and lives with[]
Jeff Berlin, Gary Willis, Andrea Marcelli, Mitch Forman, Van Stephenson, Dave Carpenter, Francesco Artusato, Allan Holdsworth, Michael Angelo Batio, Ludovico Fulci, Brian DePalma Orchestra's movie, Philippe Ciminato, Tobias Relenberg, Sushi Rain, Miranda, Paolo Fattorini, Andrea "Tower" Torricini, Carmelo Leotta, Leonardo Rossi, & many more...
Discography[]
Solo album[]
- 2000 – Caprice
- 2015 – Stories
- 2016 – Spettri
- 2020 – Solo
Books[]
- 2019 – Uncommon Scales, Ideas & Melodic Patters
External links[]
- Official website
- Interview on Italia di metallo
- Press article on MusicOFF
- Interview for album "Stories" on MusicaJAZZ
- Italian genius musician win the Contest for "Spettri" on Toscana100band
- Review of "Stories" for Truth in shredding
- 6th italian jazz festival in Berlin
- Frank Pilato play "Stories" for italian jazz festival in Berlin
- Review of album "SPETTRI"
- Cover of the album "Stories" from the M° Marcelli official website
- Frank Pilato, Gary Willis, Jeff Berlin, Mitchel Forman, Andrea Marcelli article for the new album
- Frank Pilato in M° Marcelli Trilogy All Music
- "review of Spettri ep"
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Italian composers
- Italian guitarists
- 21st-century guitarists